truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
to feel inferior; to feel small
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
to be shy; to be bashful; to feel awkward; to feel embarrassed
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
difficult voyage; hard flight; rough going; rough passage; running into trouble
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
leak of official secrets; leaking of confidential information
to be believed to; to be expected to; to be feared to; to be poised to; to be considered to; to be likely to
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
pharmaceutical (drug) company
to have a lot of influence (in); to have clout (with); to be influential; to have contacts (in)
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
career; carrier (disease, signal, warship, etc.); carrier; telephone company; career government employee
bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
to be intolerable; to be unpardonable
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
male-dominated society; patriarchal society
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
to refer to; to use as reference
medicine manufacture; drug manufacture
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
maximum allowable single-day gain (stock exchange, etc.)
report (of news); reporting; news; information; (media) coverage
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
very likely; very probable
control; management (e.g. of a business)